Jay Leno: The Self-Styled Forrest Gump of Late Night?
Dave told it like it is last night: yes, it’s funnnnn to watch a showbiz disaster unfold when (a) you know that nobody involved is going to be physically harmed, and more importantly (b) you’re just...
View ArticleAMA with Rob Burnett (Longtime Letterman exec. producer)
As a writer, producer, and executive, Rob Burnett has worked for and with (well, okay, given the flow of money: mostly “for”) David Letterman since “Late Night”‘s early days, as a series of YouTube...
View ArticleProgramming Note For Those With Taste
The David Letterman Christmas Spectacular — which isn’t the official title of the last new Letterman show before Christmas but absolutely ought to be — is airing this Friday night. Please check your...
View ArticleThe Warming Holiday Glow Of Retina
You missed Darlene Love’s annual performance of “Christmas Baby (Please Come Home)” on Friday despite my explicit command to watch it? I am displeased. But the holiday season has left me in an...
View ArticleMy 11:35 PM TV Comedy Provider
It’s not that I think Jimmy Fallon is a bad “Tonight Show” host. I’m pleased with my current provider of 11:35 PM comedy services, I have sampled the alternatives, and I feel no desire to switch...
View ArticleOn Letterman: “MacArthur Park”
Why did the CBS Orchestra pack the Ed Sullivan Theater stage with 33 musicians and play a five and a half minute version of “MacArthur Park“? Because recently, Letterman was driving around with his...
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